IEEE TGaf Meeting Plan and Agenda

IEEE 802.11 TGaf Meeting Plan and Agenda
April 2009 doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0 January 2012 IEEE TGaf Meeting Plan and Agenda Date: Authors: Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

April 2009 doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0 January 2012 Abstract This presentation is the agenda and meeting plan for the meeting of IEEE TGaf taking place the week of January 16, 2012 at the IEEE 802 Wireless Interim in Jacksonville. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Plan for the Week [MAM2+PM1, TAM1+PM1, WAM1, ThAM1+PM1]
January 2012 Plan for the Week [MAM2+PM1, TAM1+PM1, WAM1, ThAM1+PM1] Approve meeting and teleconference minutes Review the results of LB171 Approve the LB171 comment spreadsheet in 11-11/277r24 Approve draft P802.11af D1.05 as the working draft Approve agreed to comment resolution submissions Review of the progress since November Comment resolution Regulatory update PHY planning Plan for March meeting, Ad Hoc and teleconferences Task Group Officers Chair: Rich Kennedy (Research In Motion) Vice-chair: Peter Ecclesine (Cisco) Recording Secretary: Lan Zhou (NICT) Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Monday AM2 January 2012 Meeting call to order
Modify and approve the agenda Administrative items including IEEE IP statement Approve meeting and teleconference minutes Review the results of LB171 Approve 11-11/277r24 as the LB171 comment resolution spreadsheet Approve P802.11af D1.05 as the working draft Review and edit as necessary, the Purpose, Principles and Vision/Outcome Review progress since November Comment resolutions Recess Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]: “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents “Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents) The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search

Patent Related Links All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development. Patent Policy is stated in these sources: IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual Material about the patent policy is available at If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit This slide set is available at

Call for Potentially Essential Patents
If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: Either speak up now or Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or Cause an LOA to be submitted

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. Technical considerations remain primary focus Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object. See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Slide #4

Other Documents and WebPages to Review
January 2012 Other Documents and WebPages to Review Please review the documents at the following links: - IEEE Patent Policy - - Patent FAQ - - LoA Form - - Affiliation FAQ - - Anti-Trust FAQ - - Ethics - - IEEE Working Group P&P - New 802 WG P&P: New 802 LMSC P&P: New 802 LMSC OM: Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Changes to IEEE-SA Bylaws and Operations Manual
January 2012 Changes to IEEE-SA Bylaws and Operations Manual The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws is available at: (HTML version) (PDF version) The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual is available at: (HTML version) (PDF version) The text of the changes made to these documents (approved by SASB/BOG in 2011) can be found at: Jon Rosdahl, (CSR)

March 2010 doc.: IEEE /0265r1 January 2012 Meeting Etiquette IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization Meetings are to be conducted in an orderly and professional manner in accordance with the policies and procedures governed by the organization. Individuals are to address the “Technical” content of the subject under consideration and refrain from making “personal” comments to or about the presenter. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion Stephen McCann, RIM

Task Group Chair’s Functions
January 2012 Task Group Chair’s Functions [From Policies and Procedures of IEEE Project ™, subclause 3.7.3] The TG Chair may decide non-technical issues or may put them to a vote of the TG. The TG participants and the Chair decide technical issues by vote. The TG Chair decides what is non-technical and what is technical. The TG Chair is responsible for presiding over TG sessions. The TG Chair shall operate the TG in an unbiased fashion. To maintain impartiality, the TG Chair shall refrain from taking sides in debate on technical motions. It is the responsibility of the TG Chair to lead the TG in producing a quality draft standard in a timely fashion as specified by the specific PAR Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Task Group Chair's Authority
January 2012 Task Group Chair's Authority [From Policies and Procedures of IEEE Project ™, subclause 3.7.4] To carry out the responsibilities cited in subclause 3.7.3*, the TG Chair has authority to: Decide which issues are technical and which are non-technical. Assign and unassign subtasks and task leaders or executors, e.g. secretary, subgroup leader, etc. Speak for the TG to the WG. Determine if an organization or consortium is dominating the TG, and, if so, raise the issue to the WG Chair. Be representative of the TG during coordination and interaction with IEEE® staff. * See slide 11 Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

January 2012 Introduction WELCOME to the thirteenth face-to-face meeting of IEEE TGaf! On Friday, November 20, 2009 the IEEE TGaf was approved by the EC (10/1/4) with this motion: Believing that the PAR and Five Criteria contained in the document referenced below meet IEEE-SA guidelines, Move to forward the TVWS PAR information from 11-09/934r8 to NesCom. On December 8th NesCom approved the formation of the Task Group for P802.11af LB171 started on 1/24/11 and ran for 30 days, ending ar 23:59:59 EST on February 24th. The 1st letter ballot failed with 62% approval and 14.96% abstaining 1304 comments (2 duplicates) We will complete LB171 MAC and General comment resolution this week and create a Clause 23 for the TGaf PHY. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

January 2012 PAR Scope and Purpose Approved PAR Scope: An amendment that defines modifications to both the physical layers (PHY) and the Medium Access Control Layer (MAC), to meet the legal requirements for channel access and coexistence in the TV White Space Approved PAR Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to allow wireless networks to be used in the TV white space Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

January 2012 Purpose, Principles and Vision/Outcome “If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”* cbp-and-david-allens-methods Purpose: the Task Group should create an amendment whose implementation in solutions is likely to receive Regulatory approval for operation in the TV White Spaces under the applicable regulatory rules in the different regulatory domains. Principles: The amendment should not duplicate functionality that is being standardized in other Task Groups. There is no need for backwards compatibility with 2.45 GHz ISM operation. The starting point was to use the High Throughput PHY with scaling and modifications for the TV bands. Vision/Outcome: Use PHYs to specify the basis for a system that the regulators can approve for operation in the TVWS bands. * Yogi Berra Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

TV Bands Regulatory Requirements
January 2012 TV Bands Regulatory Requirements These [FCC] rules are primarily intended to ensure the efficient sharing of the TV Bands while protecting incumbent users The FCC has enabled this band for TVBDs if and only if the licensed users’ interests are protected Other regulatory domains will have their own sets of rules, but all are intended to protect authorized, licensed allocations in these shared bands These rules are universal even if the full requirements are not harmonized Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Meeting and Teleconference Minutes
January 2012 Meeting and Teleconference Minutes Posted Minutes November Meeting in Atlanta (posted 10-Nov :34:06) The November 22nd and 29th, December 6th, 13th and 20th, and January 3rd and 10th teleconferences. (posted 28-Nov :01:22) (posted 18-Dec :45:07) (posted 05-Jan :40:20) (posted 05-Jan :32:42) (posted 03-Jan :50:33) (posted 06-Jan :30:09) (posted 13-Jan :27:31) Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Motion #1 Motion: Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion on the motion?
January 2012 Motion #1 Motion: To approve the TGaf minutes from the November Plenary in Atlanta, and November 22nd and 29th, December 6th, 13th and 20th and January 3rd and 10th teleconferences in documents 11-11/1588r0, 11-11/1602r0, / 1613r0, 11-12/0009r0, 11-12/0003r0, 11-12/0016r0 and 11-12/0019r0 respectively. Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion on the motion? Vote: Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Review of the Results of LB 171
January 2012 Review of the Results of LB 171 The Results 300 eligible people are in this ballot group. 125 affirmative votes 76 negative votes 35 abstention votes === 236 votes received = 78.7% valid returns = 14.8% valid abstentions This ballot has met the 50% returned ballot requirement This ballot has met the less than 30% abstention requirement APPROVAL RATE: 125 affirmative votes = 62.2 % affirmative 76 total negative votes = 37.8 % negative The 75% affirmation requirement has not been met, Motion fails. There were 1304 comments received. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

January 2012 Motion #2 Motion To approve document 11-11/277r24 as the LB171 comment resolution spreadsheet. Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion on the motion? Vote: Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

January 2012 Motion #3 Motion To approve speculative draft P802.11af D1.05, posted on , as the working draft. Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion on the motion? Vote: Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

The Progress Since November
January 2012 The Progress Since November Review of the teleconferences Reconsiderations Comment resolution Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

January 2012 Discussion Documents Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Monday PM1 Agenda Meeting call to order Modify and approve the agenda
January 2012 Monday PM1 Agenda Meeting call to order Modify and approve the agenda Administrative items Reminder and Call for essential patents Approve comment resolutions from teleconferences Comment resolutions Identify major issues Recess Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Tuesday AM1 Agenda Meeting call to order Modify and approve the agenda
January 2012 Tuesday AM1 Agenda Meeting call to order Modify and approve the agenda Administrative items Reminder and Call for essential patents Approve comment resolutions from teleconferences Comment resolutions Identify major issues Recess Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

January 2012 Resolution Documents Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Motion #4 Motion: To approve the resolutions in document 11-11/.
January 2012 Motion #4 Motion: To approve the resolutions in document 11-11/. Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion on the motion? Vote: x YES x NO x ABSTAIN The Motion passes. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Motion #5 Motion: To approve the resolutions in document 11-11/
January 2012 Motion #5 Motion: To approve the resolutions in document 11-11/ Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion on the motion? Vote: x YES x NO x ABSTAIN The Motion passes. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Tuesday PM1 Agenda Meeting call to order Modify and approve the agenda
January 2012 Tuesday PM1 Agenda Meeting call to order Modify and approve the agenda Administrative items Reminder and Call for essential patents Comment resolutions Identify major issues Recess Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

January 2012 New Documents Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Wednesday AM1 Agenda Meeting call to order
January 2012 Wednesday AM1 Agenda Meeting call to order Modify and approve the agenda Administrative items Reminder and Call for essential patents PHY change discussion Comment resolutions Identify major issues Recess Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

January 2012 Motion #10 Motion: To approve the resolutions in document 11-11/. Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion on the motion? Vote: x YES x NO x ABSTAIN The Motion fails. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Thursday AM1 Agenda Meeting call to order
January 2012 Thursday AM1 Agenda Meeting call to order Modify and approve the agenda Administrative items Reminder and Call for essential patents PHY discussion Comment resolutions Identify major issues Recess Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

January 2012 Motion #14 Motion: To approve the resolutions in document 11-11/. Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion on the motion? Vote: x YES x NO x ABSTAIN The Motion . Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

January 2012 Motion #15 Motion: To approve the resolutions in document 11-11/ Moved by: Seconded by: Discussion on the motion? Vote: x YES x NO x ABSTAIN The Motion fails. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Thursday PM1 Agenda Meeting call to order
January 2012 Thursday PM1 Agenda Meeting call to order Modify and approve the agenda Administrative items Reminder and Call for essential patents Adjust PPV/O as required Plan for March Waikoloa Plenary Teleconference plan Review and adjust the timeline AOB Adjourn Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Plan for March (Waikoloa)
January 2012 Plan for March (Waikoloa) Approve minutes from Jacksonville and teleconferences Complete LB 171 comment resolution Create Draft 2.0 and ask the WG for approval to begin a new Letter Ballot Regulatory update Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Teleconferences Weekly on Tuesdays Time: 21:00 ET for up to 2 hours
January 2012 Teleconferences Weekly on Tuesdays Time: 21:00 ET for up to 2 hours Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

TGaf Timeline – Updated January 2012
doc.: IEEE yy/xxxxr0 January 2012 TGaf Timeline – Updated January 2012 Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: January 2011 Second Working Group Letter Ballot: March 2012 Recirculation Letter Ballot: May 2012 Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: October 2012 Initial Sponsor Ballot: November 2012 Recirculate Sponsor Ballot: January 2013 Final WG/EC Approval: July 2013 RevCom/Standards Board Approval: September 2013 Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion Michael Montemurro, RIM

Any Other Business? None heard Motion to Adjourn Moved by:
January 2012 Any Other Business? None heard Motion to Adjourn Moved by: Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

Process of Getting to Letter Ballot and Beyond
May 2007 doc.: IEEE /0679r2 January 2012 Process of Getting to Letter Ballot and Beyond Completed Steps | Future Steps Adoption of PAR and 5 Criteria Technical Presentations and Discussions Specify Any Additional Requirements, Comparison Criteria, or Other Documents Call For Proposals Presentation of Proposals Select from Submitted Complete Proposals to Produce a Draft Refine Draft Letter Ballot – January 2011 Recirculation – Sponsor Ballot – Final WG/EC Approval – IEEE SB REVCOM Approval – Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

3 Cycles of Comments and Resolution
January 2012 3 Cycles of Comments and Resolution Call for Informal Comments Comment Resolution WG Letter Ballot Comment Resolution, Recirculation Sponsor Ballot Comment Resolution, Recirculation Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

References Go to https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/documents
January 2012 References Go to In the box labeled “All Groups”, pull down the menu and select “TGaf” Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

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